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Democritus

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

Topic: Luck
Location: Death Valley National Park
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

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In truth we know nothing, for truth lies in the depth. — Democritus

Word is a shadow to deed. — Democritus

Men should strive to think much and know little.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

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No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world. — Democritus

Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. — Democritus

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Man is a universe in little.

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Give a man health and a course to steer; and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. — George Bernard Shaw

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We heed no instincts but our own. — Jean de La Fontaine

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity and self-esteem. — Laura Schlessinger

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Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual—and the soul of a people. — Anwar Sadat

Forever is composed of nows. — Emily Dickinson

A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one. — Moliere

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He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. — Martin Luther King Jr.

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It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. — J.K. Rowling

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More on Luck

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day. — Japanese Proverb

Action Decision Luck

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. — William Shakespeare

Luck is not chance. It's Toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned. — Emily Dickinson

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. — Maya Angelou

Luck Possibility Solitude

There is no luck except where there is discipline. — Irish Proverb

Action Discipline Luck Work

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. — Dalai Lama

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they are good—or there because they’re lucky.

› Katharine Hepburn

Nothing is obnoxious as other people's luck. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Go and wake up your luck. — Persian Proverb

Action Leadership Luck Work

Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him. — German Proverb

The right time is any time that one is still lucky to have. — Henry James

Faith Fate Luck Time

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

› Tony Robbins

Luck Opportunity Preparation

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. — Mark Twain

Luck never gives; it only lends. — Swedish Proverb

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ability Belief Luck

Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance. — Rochefoucauld

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself. — Douglas MacArthur

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. — Seneca

Goals Luck Opportunity Planning Preparation

Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. — William Shakespeare

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Luck is the residue of design. — John Milton

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Thomas Jefferson

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Throw a lucky man in the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. — Arabian Proverb

What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another. — African Proverb

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